Coronavirus Is Changing The Rituals Of Death For Many Religions The virus is upending burial traditions across cultures, from the washing of the body of a loved one in Iraq to the gathering of mourners in Israel. Daniel Estrin
Modly Resigns As Acting Navy Chief After Firing Warship Skipper And Calling Him Stupid First it was his sacking of Capt. Brett Crozier last week, then it was a diatribe he delivered aboard the USS Roosevelt Sunday. Now acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly is out. David Welna
California Gov. Newsom On His State's Ongoing Pandemic Preparations NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with California Gov. Gavin Newsom about how his state is addressing the coronavirus pandemic.
Health Care Workers Confront Equipment Shortages, Infection Threat, Emotional Stress Nurses and residents are confronting shortages of personal protective equipment and are being told to return to work soon after falling ill themselves. They worry they could make their patients sick. Leila Fadel
China Reports Its First Day With No New COVID-19 Deaths The milestone comes a day before the government is set to lift outbound travel restrictions on people in Wuhan, the country's hardest-hit city. John Ruwitch
Meat Processing Plants Suspend Operations After Workers Fall Ill Several processing plants in the U.S. are sitting idle this week because workers are sick with the coronavirus. Other facilities are still operating, but fewer workers are showing up. Dan Charles
4 Of 5 Workers Are Affected By COVID-19 Worldwide, U.N. Agency Says The COVID-19 pandemic is taking a terrible toll on the world's economy, with various lockdown measures now affecting the livelihood of almost 2.7 billion workers, according to a new report. Bill Chappell
For Some Essential Workers, Jobs Are Still Insecure When the coronavirus interrupted China's global shipping lines, fewer containers arrived at ports in the United States. For a truck driver in San Bernardino, Calif., that meant a reduction in income.
Have masks leftover from wildfires, or a home project? The Seattle Mask Brigade will pick them up The Seattle Mask Brigade is one new group working to fill the needs of healthcare workers and others on the front line grappling with shortages of personal protective equipment. Anna Boiko-Weyrauch
Why Some COVID-19 Patients Crash: The Body's Immune System Might Be To Blame An overblown immune response could be killing a portion of the sick, and some doctors think that new treatments being tested could help at least some of those patients. Geoff Brumfiel